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510034

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date	11/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that Ofsted is able to assess the effectiveness of schools under proposals for all schools to become academies.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	33370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Academies are already subject to inspection by Ofsted under the same framework that applies to maintained schools. The White Paper, Educational Excellence Everywhere, sets out the intention that the Department will also publish new performance tables to show how well multi-academy trusts are leading their schools. This will be in addition to school-level inspection results and performance data. The White Paper is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/educational-excellence-everywhere" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/educational-excellence-everywhere</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/04/2016 15:24:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

510035

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2016 to Question 31102, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Government's proposal for every school to become an academy on (a) divergences between schools' admissions arrangements and (b) proposals to limit who may refer objections to the Schools Adjudicator; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	33355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s White Paper, ‘Educational Excellence Everywhere’, sets out the Government’s aim that every school should have the opportunity to become an academy. In this context, it sets out our intention to seek views on a number of changes to the admissions system to make it simpler and clearer for parents to navigate.</p><p>As part of these proposed changes, we intend to streamline the functions of the Office of the Schools Adjudicator so that objections to admission arrangements are resolved faster. This will include limiting who can object so only local parents and councils may refer objections, so that the adjudicator function can remain focused on resolving the concerns of those who may be directly affected by a school’s admission arrangements.</p><p>The White Paper is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/educational-excellence-everywhere" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/educational-excellence-everywhere</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/04/2016 14:09:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

510037

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of officials of her Department resigned in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	33288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of officials who resigned in each of the last six financial years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>DfE Resignations 2010-2016</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of resignations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of staff<strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount at year end (March)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2,789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>3,886</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>3,476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>3,477</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>3,545</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: RM</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s headcount increased from 2,789 in March 2012 to 3,886 in March 2013 following Arms Length Bodies reform, when the department closed a number of ALB and instead created three Agencies within the department.</p><p>[1] Proportion based on average of start and end year headcount figures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/05/2016 16:26:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

510040

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press release entitled Nicky Morgan unveils new vision for the education system, published on 17 March 2016, whether religious education will continue to be a statutory subject in state schools in England.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	33478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Religious education (RE) remains compulsory for all state funded schools, including academies and free schools, at all key stages. The Government firmly believes in the importance of RE. High quality RE can develop children’s knowledge of the values and traditions of Britain and other countries, and foster understanding among different faiths and cultures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/04/2016 14:10:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

512729

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Education: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure equality of educational attainment between boys and girls at all key stages.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	904445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Our goal is to deliver educational excellence everywhere, so that every child and young person can achieve to the best of his or her ability. Girls’ key stage 2 results are better than ever and their entries to mathematics and science A levels have increased by more than 12,000 since 2010. We continue to consider what more needs to be done to support equality in educational attainment, in particular the justified concerns about white working class boys.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/04/2016 12:56:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney